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Wind and Wood Always Make the Annual Master Mariners Regatta Wonderful

The planks on these boats were probably saplings two to three centuries ago. They're still sailing. The post Wind and Wood Always Make the Annual Master Mariners Regatta Wonderful...

Against the Grain: The Master Mariners Wooden Boat Show

The Master Mariners Wooden Boat Show is a well-polished exhibition of some of the most beautiful boats on the Bay. The post Against the Grain: The Master Mariners Wooden Boat Show...

Two West Coast Wooden Boat Shows This Weekend

Start your summer of sailing with the look, smell and feel of classic wooden boats. The post Two West Coast Wooden Boat Shows This Weekend appeared first on Latitude38.

Some boats are worth what they cost

Stephens Waring Design share a story of a 75-footer that was one of their own: There are boats you design and then let go. You hand them over and hope the next chapter treats them...

Hendel: Boats blessed as nautical season kicks off

Yare & Bure One Designs & Yeomans at Barton Broad

Due to its unique location on a pontoon on beautiful Barton Broad, the Norfolk Punt Club is a popular venue for travellers to open events as well as for club racing and cruising.

West Kirby Star class Classic Boat Challenge

The West Kirby Sailing Club Star Class annual Classic Boat Challenge was originally created to invite other clubs sailing classic wooden boats in the North West to come together an...

Putting Puffin on the water

Time to launch the second of my Dad's boats, for his celebration day on the 31st. I've already sailed his Victorian launch, but the other vessel I really wanted to see in action is...

The Strange World of Boat Naming

Naming a boat is one of those rituals that is part nautical tradition, part superstition, and part basic practicality. Get it wrong, and there is that nagging fear that the sea wil...

Boat Test: Bespoke quality from Crafted Boats

Built entirely in-house from steel fabrication to final fit-out, New Beginnings showcases Crafted Boats’ fully bespoke approach. Ian Shaw steps aboard this 59ft cruiser stern to as...

Extraordinary boats: Ha’Penny 20 Risvold – the little junk rig that could

Circumnavigating in a 20-footer isn’t for everyone, but owner-skipper RW Henson built his remarkable junk rigged micro-voyager for a grand adventure. Sean McNeill reports When RW H...

Frederique Constant Introduces New GMTs Inspired by Classic Teak Boats

Good things are worth the wait, according to Frederique Constant. Every two years, the Geneva-based watchmaker releases a new collector’s piece in their sought-after Classics Runab...

End-of-life boat collection

Abandoned boats that remain along the shores of lakes, rivers and coasts are being removed for recycling in France and the United States in large numbers. In other European countri...

Haven Boatworks: Full Service Boatyard in Port Townsend

From simple bottom maintenance and paint, to complete restoration and new construction, including diesel engines, parts and service. The post Haven Boatworks: Full Service Boatyard...

Crushed boat cleared of the tree

WE ARE MOST SORRY of being so late bringing you the extra photographs of the crushed boat.

Tahoe Yacht Club’s Gar Woods Wet Woody Regatta

The 2026 Gar Woods Wet Woody Regatta was raced on June 28 on Lake Tahoe, seeing great racing among close friends in the Sierra. The post Tahoe Yacht Club’s Gar Woods Wet Woody Rega...

Woodwork That Shouldn’t Stay In The Woodworks

Sperry Left Sobbing, Incon-Sole-Able After Sebago Reveals Docksides Boat Shoe-Shaped Boat

It was originally built for a marketing stunt many decades ago, effectively abandoned at some point, discovered, and then restored.

1946 Ford Super Deluxe Woodie Station Wagon

Pieces: 40Author: SunRosePlay

CVRDA Vintage Dinghy event at Roadford Lake

The vintage sailing event at Roadford Lake held over the weekend attracted 25 entrants, with the home club providing eight boats some of which were borrowed, including an Osprey, A...

Intracoastal Iron Works Builds M/V Bob Nienhuis for Hines Furlong Line

Another vessel has moved through construction for Hines Furlong Line, Inc., with the M/V Bob Nienhuis built at Intracoastal Iron Works in Bourg, Louis...

Boats grounding on the Lee Navigation

PARTS OF THE LEE NAVIGATION are so low in water that boats are grounding.

Racing’s most accessible on-ramp

by Bob Stephens, Stephens Waring Design Classic yacht racing is having a moment. As conventional sailboat racing suffers from dwindling participation, the enthusiasm of owners and...

Historic narrowboats return to Thames

A flotilla of historic working narrowboats returned to their birthplace at King George V Dock in East London during a special Thames Tideway cruise marking the 90th anniversary of...